Brain growth through problem solving

Young Children Sept 2011 topics

p. 30 preschoolers grow their brains for prob solving

·         Reflection: what challenge did you work on today?

·         Who did you see being kind?

·         Did you make a mistake?

·         Develop a growth mindset—an attitude that allows for possibilities and promotes progress ad problem solving

·         Shift the perception they have of themselves: it’s too hard

·         Intentionally frame challenges, mistakes and problem

·         Connect to feelings: they gather evidence that they have the power to influence the outcome of a situation

·         ‘bounce like a ball when disappointed or frustrated instead of flopping like a beanbag

·         Set the stage

·         Mindset of growing our brains

·         Remind them of past experiences

·         Show enthusiasm

·         The upside of problems

·         Create a ‘treasure hunt

·          Of sorts, looking for ways to grow your brain

·         Brainstorm hard things from fantastical to appropriate

·         Physical challenges are easy to ‘see’ the progress

·         Practice makes better

·         Challenge Choice board: they choose what to practice

·         **table pg. 33, 34

·         Problem solving in action

·         Argument;: ‘freeze frame!”

·         What’s happening here? It seems that you both want the same ball.  Does this seem like a chance to grow our brains?

·         Help them stock their toolbox of problem solving skills

Young Children Sept 2011 topics

 

Young Children Sept 2011 topics

 

p. 95 supporting autism

p. 90 Vivian gussin Paley: your room as story telling or story acting

·         Read her books on Play

p. 100 preparing for writing: fine motor skills

·         **table pg 102

·         Painting w/ paint rollers and water

·         Beachball into laundry basket

·         Pouring, baster, eyedroppers

·         Clothespins, beads, tearing paper

p. 20 cultural: American Indian

p. 36 humpty dumpty and rosa parks: critical dialogue

p. 44 moving bodies, building minds: crotical thinking through movement

p. 58 resources for fostering critical thinking and problem solving

inquiry approach to learning

Young Children Sept 2011 topics

p. 84 inquiry approach to learning

·         Effective ec classrooms are led by highly responsive teachers who encourage children to contribute to discussions and share ideas with each other

·         Teacher provoked interests ok

·         Children blowing on tubes: teacher ‘noticed’ that it sounded like an elephant.  She was able to use an elephant and encourage the children to ‘blow hard enough and long enough so call an elephant

·         weave it into current study

·         Write letters

·         Dictate throughts and questions

·         Word wall

·         Flat Stanley: make visits around

·         Write own story from their perspective

collaborating with families

Young Children Sept 2011 topics

p. 76 collaborating with families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds: considering time and communication orientations

·         Be friendly, honest and clear

Vocabulary

Young Children 2013

p. 74 supporting vocabulary learning

** p. 75 table

**p. 78 direct approach table

Likely able to introduce 2-3 words at one time

The more they hear the words, the better they will remember them

p. 88 Early lit and social development

·         Reread stories in other languages

·         Make mini books

·         Class books

·         Fables, fairy tales

·         Recognize literacy all over: open a restaurant with cookbook and recipes from their homes.  Bring in boxes of ingredients

·         Idea for home: documenting family occasions

Emergent Curriculum

Young Children 2013

p. 66

The Emergence of our Emergent Curriculum

Curriculum vs. setting the stage’day to day plans in response to observations and reflections on needs and==and interests

 

Sources of emergent curriculum

·         Children’s interests

·         Teachers interests

·         Developmental tasks

·         Things in the physical environment

·         People in the social environment

·         Curriculum resource materials

·         Serendipity: unexpected events

·         Living together: conflict resolution, caregiving and routines

·         Values held in the school, family and culture and quickly but learning is dependent on the range of words exposed to

Young Children, other topics

Young Children 2013

Other;

 

p. 28 Using the digital camera as a tool to support reflective practice and responsive care

38: insects and small animals

60: messy play concerns